There are no problems before in Ubuntu 17.04, but since i've upgradet to 17.10 sw3d does not launch, it does nothing. It's the version from the download section here on the site.If i install the version from Ubuntu-Software, it runs without any problems, but this version has some limitations (e.g. the furniture can only displayed as icons in the plan).

I just tried on a brand new image of Ubuntu 17.10 64 bit, and both scripts SweetHome3D and SweetHome3D-Java3D-1_5_2 run correctly (but with Java 3D 1.5.2, furniture seen from the top in the plan was black).
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D developer

It's not easy to run a polaris chip on Ubuntu. That's why i upgradet to 17.10 and always install the newest kernel, and that helps a lot.But a upgradet 17.10 is not a clean system, so there are many many possible problems. And the reason why i run such a system ist the amd ryzen cpu that does not run properly with older ubuntu versions.So, let's stop here, i can accept the limitations i wrote about and i will wait for 18.04 and then do a clean fresh installation.